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  1. Histological Properties of the Chorionic and Basal Plates and Maintenance of the Mechanical Environment in the Human Placenta

    Article • November 2023, IntechOpen

    Professor Yoko Kato

  2. Mechanical Environment in the Human Umbilical Cord and Its Contribution to the Fetal Circulation

    Article • November 2023, IntechOpen

    Professor Yoko Kato

  3. Active Contraction in the Stable Mechanical Environment of the Tunic of the Ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, a Polysaccharide-Based Tissue with Blood Circulatory System

    Article • Polymers, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Yoko Kato

  4. Active Deformation in the Tunic of Halocynthia roretzi: How the Tissue Composed of Cellulose Responds to Stimuli and Deforms

    Article • January 2021, IntechOpen

    Professor Yoko Kato

  5. Importance of the branching pattern of villous tree at blood circulations in the human placenta

    Article • October 2018, IntechOpen

    Professor Yoko Kato

  6. The defomation of the tunic in Halocynthia roretzi is associated with mass transfer.

    Article • Open Chemistry Journal, March 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yoko Kato

  7. Blood Circulations in the Human Placenta

    Article • The Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, April 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yoko Kato

  8. Placental villous tree models for evaluating the mechanical environment in the human placenta

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Yoko Kato

  9. The Role of Protein as a Deformation Controller in Cellulose Tissue

    Article • November 2012, ASME International

    Professor Yoko Kato

  10. Effects of Hypertension on Morphological, Contractile and Mechanical Properties of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yoko Kato, Prof. Takeo Matsumoto

  11. Active Movement of the Tunic in Halocynthia roretzi

    Article • Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, January 2010, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Professor Yoko Kato

  12. A Segmentation Method for MRI Images Based on Signal Characteristics in Space

    Article • IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems, January 2007, Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEE Japan)

    Professor Yoko Kato

  13. Local elastic modulus of atherosclerotic lesions of rabbit thoracic aortas measured by pipette aspiration method

    Article • Physiological Measurement, August 2002, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Yoko Kato, Prof. Takeo Matsumoto

  14. Development of a Simple Method to Construct Finite Element Models of Aortas from MRI Images and Its Application to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.

    Article • JSME International Journal Series C, January 2000, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Professor Yoko Kato

  15. Intramural Distribution of Elastic Moduli in Thoracic Aortas and Its Relationship to Histology. Comparison between Porcine and Bovine Thoracic Aortas.

    Article • JSME International Journal Series C, January 1999, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

    Professor Yoko Kato

  16. Local elastic modulus of atherosclerotic lesions of rabbit thoracic aortas and its relation to histology

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Yoko Kato

  17. Development of a method to construct three-dimensional finite element models of thoracic aortic aneurysms from MRI images

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Yoko Kato, Prof. Takeo Matsumoto